SITA

SITA S. C. ( Société Aéronautique Internationale de Telecommunication ) is a cooperative founded in Belgium in 1949, which offers data processing and communications services in the fields of aviation, tourism and logistics.

Structure

SITA S. C. is a non- profit organization [ evidence ?], the customers are also the shareholders of SITA. The company employs 4,200 people in 140 countries with 70 different languages ​​and continued in 2006 to $ 1.5 billion.

2000 for the aviation industry, a commercial spin-off founded: SITA Inc. with over 640 customers for the delivery of IT services and software solutions.

History

SITA was founded by a wide variety of airlines to operate their own independent network for data and voice communications. This network was initially used for to share passenger data and information between the corporate headquarters and the target area. Later, other services were added, such as flight via VHF radio on land and via satellite across the seas.

Services

SITA is now a solutions provider with the world's largest voice and data communications network and a provider of IT solutions, specializing in the travel and transportation industry. SITA's communications solutions are used in virtually every major (air) transport and travel companies. SITA provides in 220 countries a complete portfolio of communications solutions for all companies that want to communicate with international offices or partner companies, check-in systems, and systems that come on airports and airlines to use.